Red Sands Radio - Part 10
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Sid Seagull perched on the Bofors Tower landing stage with the SW Oaze buoy in background
On the platform, left & right sides looking North
Red Sands Tower Buoy & an inward bound coaster for the Medway with Shoeburyness 7 nautical miles beyond
Still used to destroy old ammunition, bombs & incendiary devices, the blasts from the ranges at Shoeburyness are readily heard on the North Kent coast
Herne Bay in particular suffers damage to property yet the Government refuse to move the establishment to a less populated part of the UK
The noise from the blasts on the Fort can be perturbing especially to new comers!
From the landing stage inside the cage to the crows nest, then a final ladder into the belly of the Fort
Gravesend based Princess Pocahontas & sail training ship make a visit
Now that is ugly, the Grand Ruby Car transporter registered in Panama out of Sheerness Dock
Phil Hadler ICOM MD & Engineer & Chris Ridley at the amateur radio rig, multi band world wide & D'Star transmissions were made under the call sign GB zero RSR
The London Crane Barge Apollo owned by GPS Marine
Lorry Transporter out of Dartford with Southend in the background
How many poles?
Out of view ICOM Communications masts, ship to shore on stairwell roof, carbon fibre flag pole, main transmitter antenna, TV aerial, & 2.4 Gig amateur TV mast
Chris & Phil on fatigues
Red Sands Radio antenna & capacitance hat
Whitstable Port controller Graham, visits as X-Pilot crew
Chris Ridley launches a Helium like most of radios gas balloon experiments it breaks free & fly's off towards Shivering Sands
Disaster the gas bottle supplied as able to filling 6 balloons didn't manage a small puff for the 2nd balloon & so the experiment's abandoned
ICOM planned to float a long wire on a buoy but weather conditions prevented the attempt
Look out Turner's playing his best tune on the Hobs
Jobs: The galley
has a new cooker, we've a slow cooker, several electric kettles & heaters
The lounge has new dining suite, a desk & new soft chairs, we've put a
sofa, on the top floor just inside the doors & a large 7mtre x 1.5 mtr
Red Sands Radio banner fixed on the lower balcony rails
| Phil
commiserates loss of the balloon with a few St Omar's suddenly he's
lusting after Kylie, surely not 'Fort Fever' after just two days! |
Chicago
does a spot of bird watching |
Clean plates all round, nice one Kevin
Nice spot for a mug of tea
Bill & Kate's mum has the last squawk
Meridian TV visited the Forts whilst we were broadcasting in 2007 & produced a report on Red Sands Radio in their Summer of Love series presented by Ian MacLaren
This feature will continue in Red Sands Radio - Part 11
For more on the Forts see Fort Fax